CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TEN
“But Suleyman, why do you have to leave me at this time when all our hearts are filled with unhappiness?” Haseki questioned.
“I can only console the enormity of my grief by doing my duty. I will not stay here and continue to wail like a child as I have been. I must fight for the freedom of our people and my own sanity.” Suleyman caressed her cheek.
Haseki knew that what he said was true. “I understand,” she said at last. “The Shiite creed in the East has proven to be a dangerous heresy. Indeed, I think that you will be raising your saber against an enemy far more brutal and fearsome than the Hapsburgs have ever offered.”
“That is true, my darling. The blight in Baghdad with its Safavid agents is subverting the truth of Mohammed. They are using false derivati
